Look up: birth

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   birth
   [n] - the time when something begins (especially life) 2. [n] - the event of being born
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   Birth
   Birth (bẽrth) noun [ Middle English burth , birth , Anglo-Saxon gebyrd , from beran to bear, bring forth; akin to Dutch geboorte , Old High German burt , giburt , German geburt , Icelandic burðr , Sanskrit bhrti bearing, supporting; confer Ir. & Gael. beirthe born, brought forth. √92. See 1st Bear ...
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   Birth
   Birth noun See Berth . [ Obsolete] De Foe.
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   birth
   1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son. ... 2. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction. 'Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications.' (Prescott) ... 3. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; in ...
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   birth
   nativity noun the event of being born; `they celebrated the birth of their first child`
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   birth
   noun the time when something begins (especially life); `they divorced after the birth of the child`; `his election signaled the birth of a new age`
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   Birth
   `Birth` is the process in animals by which an offspring is physiologically expelled from the body of its mother. Different forms of birth are oviparity, vivipary or ovovivipary. Two words used to describe human offspring while in utero are `embryo` and `fetus`. Their meanings refer to earlier and later stages of development.
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   birth
   (burth) a coming into being; the act or process of being born. multiple birth the birth of two or more offspring produced in the same gestation period. postterm birth birth of an infant at or after 42 completed weeks (294 days) of gestation. ...
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   Birth
   • (n.) The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son. • (n.) Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire. • (n.) The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. • (n.) That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. &...
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    birth
    
    1. the time when something begins (especially life)
    2. the event of being born
    3. the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
    
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    birth
    The emergence from the mother's uterus (womb), or, in the case of lower animals, from the ovum (egg), marking the beginning of an independent life. The birth process is triggered by hormone changes in the mother's bloodstream. Birth may be induced, if required, by oxytocin. Mild labor pains (contrac...
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    birth
    birth or labor,delivery of the fetus by the viviparous mammal. Birth is also known as parturition. Human birth normally occurs about 280 days after onset of the last menstrual period before conception.Sections in this article:IntroductionThe Stages of LaborMethods of AnalgesiaNatural ChildbirthCompl...
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